The Divining Thieves

Years ago, I was standing in my dining room watching my cat walk down the hallway to the bedroom. When he entered through the doorway, he suddenly stopped, and the hair on his back came up and then he started slowly backing out of the room. Of course, I was alarmed. Standing there for a few minutes, it was decided I had to know what was going on in that room.

Slowly I approached the bedroom doorway and peeked around the frame. A man was entering through the bedroom window. I stood there shocked. Then the man noticed me just standing there. He was afraid, and put up his hand, saying, “sorry, sorry, I am leaving, I am leaving”. He backed out of the window and fled.

The image that stuck in my mind was the cat though, backing slowly out of room, sensing invasion. An intruder was entering through an unexpected entrance.

Have you ever invited an intruder into your life or mind?

There are many ways to gain entrance or break the veil of protection of our very minds. This is done easily by mind-altering drugs, eastern-style meditation, Reiki, trances induced by repetition of words or sounds, or anything that empties the mind of thought. Just by mentally opening yourself up by willing another spirit to enter is enough. This invasion of our mind is called a crossover into the paranormal spirit world.

A classic way to invite a spirit into your presence is by using a Ouija board. But the apparatus is not always necessary. By rite, and ceremony you can invite a visitation from the spirit world, who is by the way, very happy to oblige your divination.

The problem with invading this spirit world is that these spirits are experts at giving you false impressions of being from or of God. They can make you feel joy, elation, power, electricity, and often they make you feel divine. For this reason the Bible forbids any contact with this spirit world, because these spirits are deceiving spirits. They are experts at their craft, and someone who listens to them, will be deceived.

If you have ever scanned the prophetic word sites, you will find many predictions, advice, biblical interpretation, warnings, and so forth. Many are vague and rehashed over and over again.

Just in April 2009, I read that on April 1 disaster was coming. On April 9th, we were to expect something significant to happen because historically this was a dark day. These predictions proved false but I noted that the authors did not repent of their false warnings. In fact they just continued with further advice, as though nothing had been said, shrugging off the false predictions. What nonsense!

There has been a couple of instances of my having direct contact with diviners. Two sisters, moved away from the coast because they were warned by God to “MOVE NOW”, that there was a tsunami on the way. The other person also told me that there was a tsunami on the way and that moving inland would be wise at some point. But what I later learned is that the sisters were heavily involved in new age techniques, who would not give up their paranormal tendencies, and the other person was once married to a witch. Divination was involved in both cases.

How fascinating though. Two different sources warned of a tsunami, but both were comprised by new-age thought and techniques. A repeated message from the spirit world, enforced in my mind, that a deception was brewing. John Ankerberg’s New Age informative primer speaks of Uri Geller and of how multiple psychics can receive the same message. This eerie circumstance is something we also see in the prophetic world.

Those who know me, or have read my other articles know, that I too was once deceived. My mind had been pierced by anti-depressant drugs. Once I had a vivid “prophetic word” that a city was to be destroyed by a tornado in two weeks. It did not happen. I opened my Bible and this is what I discovered.

Deuteronomy 18:22 “If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.”

So according to this verse what I thought was from the Lord was NOT. The cause of my paranormal or occult messages were not revealed to me for awhile, but I knew something was wrong. I did not ask for these experiences, nevertheless, I repented, and they stopped. Why did this happen to me? I believe I went through this situation so that I could relate my experience to others and warn them. Also, I was being tested by God.

So how has divination entered the church? First let’s define divination. It is gaining spiritual knowledge that cannot be obtained through normal means, like reading or studying. Divination is a method one uses to gain secret information from the spirit world,which is not a true prophecy or an edification from scripture.

The means and methods are numerous. The easiest way one accesses the spirit world is through meditation by altering one’s consciousness. Eastern style would be like using Yoga with its repetitious words and breathing techniques. The church may introduce, stillness, or hypnotic music, to alter consciousness. Centering prayer is also advocated, but truly it is focusing inward and stilling the mind and it is deceptive in nature.

Christian Yoga? Hardly. All the positions in the Sun Salutation worship goddesses and push energy up the spine to the mind for enlightenment. Oh. Only for exercise you say? Doesn’t matter. Back to Deuteronomy again. This time 4:19

“And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars–all the heavenly array–do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.”

This totally excludes being able to do the sun salutation.

Modern Day Prophets

I have heard people say, “I was seeking the Lord” before they received their visions. But they do not explain HOW they were seeking the Lord. Were they allowing themselves to fall into deep meditation? Were they silent till the Lord spoke? Did they use a method to contact God?

I seek the Lord through His Word, in the Bible. But I guess I am old-fashioned that way. The new methods tend to be wrong, deceptive, faulty, misleading, cause manifestations, cause depression, pull people away from the Bible, and create a lack in the prayer life.

“Someone falsely speaking what is unknowable is in a unique position to damage God’s people.”

“God tests His people with false prophets to see if they obey the first commandment and love Him with all their heart and soul.”

“The first rule of discernment is simple; those who make predictions that do not come to pass are false prophets even if some of their predictions are accurate.”

“While God may raise up prophets to predict the future, there can be no more “new revelations” of God until the second coming because Jesus “in the flesh” appointed no new apostles after John and Jesus now abides in heaven sitting at the right hand of God the Father.”

“This does not mean that prophecy ceased nor even that prophets can no longer exist. It simply means that the revelation of God regarding Himself and how we are to experience Him has been completed.”

“The gospel is under attack when men claiming to be “modern apostles or prophets” attempt to alter the revelation of God and our approach to Him.”

“Many now claim to be modern prophets and predict future events or reveal things hidden from a normal person, but to the best of my knowledge, not even one of them meets the criteria specifically given to judge this type of prophet. Oddly, none of them even claims to be 100 percent accurate in all of their predictions.”

“People who seek guidance from prophets who fail God’s tests are sinning and rejecting God’s authority.”

I had a difficult time selecting the most important points in this article so please read it when you have the chance.

So we are to use God’s word as a final authority in our life. An unusual passage from Luke can be used to verify this. In Luke 16:19-31 we have a section called “The Rich Man and Lazarus.”

In this passage a rich man who ignored a beggar named Lazarus, sees him in the afterlife. The rich man is in hell and Lazarus is standing by Abraham. He calls to Abraham, “Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.”

His request is rejected, so then he begs Abraham to send Lazarus to his five brothers to be warned of this place of torment. Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.”

“ ‘No father Abraham,’ he said ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ ”

“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

The rich man had no confidence in the Word of God, he wanted a miracle to convince his brothers. But Abraham was unyielding. The Word was enough, but it was ignored.

We can also apply this same scenerio to Moses and the Israelites. The people saw the Red Sea parted, they were led day and night by pillars of smoke and fire, they were fed for 40 years with Manna, water flowed from a rock, yet….these miracles did not produce faith and obedience. The first generation all died in the desert except Moses, Caleb and Joshua. They disobeyed the Word given to them by Moses and suffered the judgments and plagues.

No matter what miracles we may see, visions we might consider, secret knowledge we may think we need, it matters not, if we do not obey God’s word. Over and over again the Israelites were instructed on how to worship in the tabernacle, what the law was, and how they were to obey God. But instead they worshiped other gods, they built gold idols, they listened to false prophets and leaders and they were destroyed.

Lately I have been greatly concerned about some of the prophetic sites and their dire predictions. While I know that the whole world will deteriorate and that the Bible predicts a one-man rule of the anti-christ, and that we are to watch for wars, famines, earthquakes many have taken to hoarding food, water, guns and ammo. Precautions are prudent. I have extra water and a full pantry, a small box with clothes, extra shoes, blankets, batteries, etc, just as I would for any emergency situation.

Oddly though, once when I was buying extra canned goods for a food drive, I was tempted to keep some for my own pantry. But I had a check in my spirit and this is what I was told, “GIVE IT ALL AWAY.” Do you see the contrast? I was to have faith that God would supply all my needs. I was not to hoard.

But there are sites selling survival packs in line with their soulish prophecies. The rebellious leaders prophecy from their own minds, then desire for their foul predictions to come true. When I read “THIS IS IT!!!!” about the flu pandemic, meaning this would instigate martial law, I became angry.

Ezekiel 13:6 “They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them; and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.”

Then, I decided to take a look at several mainstream sites. One prophetic ministry had the teachers’ name and picture plastered all over the main page. Not one mention of Jesus Christ. But there was a load of DVD’s, CD’s, and products to purchase for personal blessing. This is outright exploitation. Also, you could purchase the latest divinations if you signed on as a member. (You always need to purchase new divinations because the previous ones did not come to pass.) For the right price, you too, can be an “insider” and be privy to “special knowledge” other Christians do not know! Divined special knowledge not revealed in the Bible is occult and many other predictions are mere imaginations.

All this new revelation draws people away from God’s Word, which truly is sufficient for those who believe in the Bible. God would not make His Word hard to understand, or only available to an elite few.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

So are you going to allow intruders into your Christian walk? A thief can steal your faith in the Living Word of God if you pay heed to him. God gave us many guidelines to protect us from false prophets in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Read these verses and prayerfully ask God to help you understand them and use them in these deceptive times.

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14 comments

What a wonderful Bible based statement regarding prophets/false prophets. I would also like to thank our Lord, for you being protected with the intruder.

You are so correct regarding others can steal our faith walk, joy, and at times try and make us doubt regarding the call we feel God has placed in our lives.

I place my trust in no man at all. I do not watch Christian broadcasting, I even stay away from books and the like which I feel are harmful to my spiritual life.

I do not as you state, discount that there are prophets today. However I have seen none which I place any faith in and to me that is the problem. Our faith belongs to and in God.

For me and this is only me, God’s Word, my personal relationship with Him, my prayer life, my church and church family and friends are enough.

To me God gave to us His Son, and when He gave that it was perfection and was completed. The Holy Spirit and God’s Word are what He gave to us for guidance.

If I do need help I go to someone that I have known a very long time, and know their walk with our Lord. I do not place my spiritual life in the hands of someone I do not know.

I also believe “fruits” are a great way to test what is and is not of God. I believe in the love of God and when we do not see God’s love, He is not there.

People like signs, miracles, and wonders. Human nature always likes something new and exciting. When others do not take the time to discern, ask God and wait upon His answer, when they just hop on any band wagon which comes along, failure and fall is most always in the future.

There is a mighty trend of this creeping into peoples lives. It scares me for them, and it hurts me for God. Sometimes I think He is up there saying, “What more do you want, I gave you My Word, I gave you My Son?”

What is this “Church of Jesus Christ” about, being with referred to “Polycarp?” Like I said, I do not keep up with things as I watch none of this on television or seek it out.

But in some post it seems to me as more of a “set up religion,” I am not saying it is , it just seems that way, as I truly know nothing about it. If you could give some links or something would appreciate it.

The “Church of Jesus Christ” you are referring to is just a blog written by someone who calls himself polycarp. This man calling himself “Polycarp”, does not believe in the trinity and posts quite a bit on many blogs. There is a warning out to disregard this poster.

We need to be very careful and discerning these days. The devil is a liar and can come as an angel of light. Christians have no business messing with the occult, new age, astrology, other religious beliefs, yoga, homeopathy, karate, fung shui, crystals, chakras, accupuncture, reiki or anything else related to things that are mystical or manipulation of energy. If you do, you will be opening pandora’s box in your life and God’s hedge of protection will be lifted from you. Demons will have access to your health, sanity, and possibly your soul resulting in torment. If you go the website I am posting below and scroll down all the way down to the occult idolatry, there is a list of things that are not to be messed with and I am sure that there are more things that are not listed. I suffered from heath, mental and finally soul torment all thanks to my occult dabbling and it was the most horrendous time of my life. Do not give the devil a foothold in your life through this stuff. Get rid of it and repent today. I tell you this for your own good. It is worth it and if you can’t get rid of it, it is a stronghold and you need to pray, fast and seek deliverance or eventually it will lead to your destruction.

Great post. I too have been concerned about the disaster prophecies concerning America. All the talk about hoarding food and even defensive weapons.

It is encouraging to hear others who have already determined that their faith is in God to provide for their needs.

Also I am amazed that some sites are basically encouraging Civil disobedience. The apostles lived under a very wicked system, but they trusted God to meet their needs and didn’t try to change or overthrow their government. Our government provides for us to be involved in our political system so we do not sin when we participate, but we cannot expect that our system of Government be “Christian”. We are to be faithful to God’s Word and bear up under unjust leadership. Some people are trying to change policies so they don’t have to suffer for doing what is right. This is delusional thinking. Too much time and energy is being spent trying to fix this broken system and not spending enough time being rich toward God.

The deliverance ministries are interesting indeed, but I have to say that for me, I prayed and prayed for truth, read God’s Word, and quoted Ephsesians 6. I did burn my notes that I had taken thinking i was hearing from God.

A passage in Deuteronomy freed me from the the false idol (information from the spirit world) in my life.

7:5 “…Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.”

Then I Samuel 15:23 closed any door that was open.

“For rebellion is ike the sin of divinination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord..”

This last verse was like WHOA to me…..and i was floored in its truth.

I was still in rebellion. God’s Word spoke to me and delivered me. Scripture was sufficient for me.

But you are so right in the warnings of occult meddlings. Your life will be destroyed.

I agree with you. The apostles did live under a wicked system didn’t they…
While there are many ways to address our evil government system, I just thought of Jesus riding on donkey.

Matthew 21:5

” Say to the Daughter of Zion, See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

The people wanted a savior to well…save them. The word Hosanna that they used originally meant …save now….and Psalms 118 proclaims their hope of a messiah. But instead of defeating their earthly enemies, He died on a cross.

Yes, we need to spend time in God’s Word.

Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Looking into the Sandy Warner site I find as one does further research into this person that it seems that the ministry (or at least it’s leader(s))supports Todd Bentley, Bob Jones and others and the Third Wave theology that these men are leaders in (Manifest Sons of God, Dominionism, Joels Army) and much of the false teachings that they deliver.

Are you also a supporter of these men and others that are major players in their theology, Benny Hinn, David Crower, John Paul Jackson, Randy Demain, Patricia King, Paul Cain, Mike Bickle, etc., etc.?

Not a problem… I got concerned when I read the Sandy Warner site that was linked and the Deliverence Ministry. I also thought I might have read her name at other sites that I had seen in research.

I still will thank the Lord for what the Lord has done for Anon., but at the same time, as I have further been shown through proper exegisis of scripture, deliverence comes through Jesus, not any deliverence formula, and really when one recognized their own sin and repents, deliverence surely will come.

Matthew 16/17 & Mark 7 states that ALL sin comes from the heart of man, Jesus does not say from Satan. The only thing Satan can do is lie to us, tempt us, and when WE grab hold of that temptation then WE sin. It is all our responsibility for grabbing hold and following through. These deliverence ministries give too much authority, to much power to the enemy so that WE BLAME Satan and the demons rather than taking responsibility for our own sinful choices.

If we, at the time we accept Christ, “…the old has passed away. We are new creatures in Christ..” then the slate has been wiped clean and all the things of the past are no longer important. Paul says, “..he leaves behind the things of the past to move forward”.

It is a process of “transforming our minds to the image of Christ” that we work towards, and as we do so, all of the things of the past will be brought into the light and as WE repent, those things are wiped from the slate. I am believeing more and more that it isn’t the enemy that keeps bringing them back up but our own flesh, our lack of belief that we have been forgiven, self-condemnation, self-guilt.

I agree with you on our responsibility regarding choosing sin, but there are times when a deliverance ministry can help shed light onto why torment, illness, or oppression is happening and they can help guide you out of it through repentance, forgiveness or whatever is causing the problem. The devil is a liar and while you are being tormented by him, he will lie to you to keep you in fear and bondage and from getting free from his grip. I know because I went through it. It wasn’t my choice to have demons transfered to my soul because of a Chiropractor who was actually a sorcerer who healed using occult practices. My own responsibility was because of dabbling in the occult a bit myself with astrology and new age stuff and holding onto unforgiveness toward someone that opened the door for it to happen. We are new creatures when we are born again, but we have to walk in obedience to God in that knowledge. We have a covenant with God and have to uphold our side of it through grace and the Holy Spirit’s help. Some new Christian’s still have issues they are dealing with before they came to Christ this stuff is what opens the doors to problems. All of this is an issue of our evil hearts. God wants our heart, devotion and love. I cry out to God daily to remove all that is evil and displeasing to Him and redeem me. This is what Jesus died for, to redeem us. Holiness and a love relationship with the Lord is the real goal in the Christian life, but most people have forgotten this. We are to seek His Kingdom and His righteousness and everything else will be added.